Improvement in lamp-chimney gleaners



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Letters Patent No. 71,396, lated November 26, 1867. i

IMPROVEMENT IN LAMP-GHIMNEY- GLEANERS.`

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i. TO ALL WHOMIT MAY CONCERN: V, i Be it known that I, JOHN II.LIGHTNER, of Shirlcysburg, in the county cf Huntingdon, and State ofPennl, `1 Sylvania, have invented a new and improved Lamp-ChimneyCleaner;" and that the following description, taken in connection withthe accompanying drawings, hereinafter referred to, forms a. full andexact specifici` tion of the same, vvherein I have set forth the natureand principles of my said improvements,-by which my invention' may bedistinguished from all others of a similar class, together with suchparts as I claim and desire l to have secured to me by Letters Patent. l

The lamp-chimney cleaner embraced in this invention is formed of aseries of spring-bands, curvedor bent` 1 from endV to end, and securedat each end to and about a. common centre-stem or rod, in the samedirection therewith, in combination with a slide, or collar, or ring, so`applied to the said; springs that, ivhcn moved up or i down thereon, itwill compress such springsagainst the centre-rod` or stem, or allow themto expand therefrom, so as to more'fnlly and perfectly adapt theimplement to the size of the interior of the` globe or chimney in iconnection with which it is to be used. i il In the accompanying plateof drawings .my improved implement for cleaning lamp-chimneys isillustrated, the figure being a side view of the implement in connectionwith a lamp-chimney.

A, in the drawings, represents a series of metal spring-bands, that,from end to end, are each made of a curved or bent shape. These springsare secured to and about a centre-stem or rod, B,and in thesame line ori direction therewith, they being fastened at each end to collars C C2,the one, C, permanently ailixedtothesaid stem B, with the other, Cr",loose, so that it can be slid up and down thereon. D, the handle to theimplement, l and E a collar or ring, placed on springs A, and soarranged as to be slid thereon from one end to thcother. This collar, asit is moved up from the handle, compresses the spring-bandslA about thestem Bfbutalloivs pen as it is moved back toward the handle, the4springs holding the collar firmlynt any` them to expand or o point whereit is left. y vBy means of the sliding collar E the springfbands can beadjustedto more perfectly fit and correspond to the interior surface ofthe lamp-chimney or globe in which they arc to be used, and thus securea more perfect cleaning thereof with the wiping material used upon them,by sliding the collar Cz upward on the stemB `stifli-` ciently to bringthe bands to bear against the walls of the lamp-chimney, and thenturning the implement around within the chimney. `I Having thusdescribed my invention, I claim as new, and desire to secure by` LettersPatent An implement for cleaning lamp-chimneys, formed of spring-bandsA, fixed at each end to a centre-stem,

B, in combination with the slide or collar E, substantially as and forthe purpose described. 4

` JOHN H. LIeH'JJrntR.`

Witnesses: a

E. A. MYERS,

PETER Emmer.

